Friday, February 11, 2005

Wounded soldier no longer critical

JOHANNESBURG - A local soldier wounded in Iraq is no longer in critical condition, while donations for his family continue to arrive at their church.Pfc. Derrick Harden was critically injured Jan. 17 when the Humvee he was in drove over a land mine while responding to an explosion in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad. All of his limbs and some facial bones were broken and his right leg was later amputated below the knee.